Android users targeted by over 99 percent of mobile malware

More than 99 percent of new mobile malware is designed to target Google's Android operating system (OS), according to security firm F-Secure.
F-Secure reported that more than 99 percent of the 277 new mobile threat families it detected during the first quarter of the year were designed to infect Android devices, in its Mobile Threat Report Q1 2014.
The figure marked a spike in Android malware levels. F-Secure reported that 91 percent of detected mobile malware targeted Google's OS during Q1 2013. The increase was indicative of a wider year-on-year increase in mobile malware levels. F-Secure detected only 149 new mobile malware variants in Q1 2013.
Great Britain was the most targeted region during the quarter, with F-Secure reporting blocking an average of 15-20 malware files per 10,000 Android users. By comparison, F-Secure blocked an average of 5-10 malware files for every 10,000 users in the US, India and Germany.
 
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